I cant believe it has been a year already. Time really does fly! Elliot’s first birthday leaves me with mixed emotions. I am so excited he is one and I have loved watching him get bigger, say new words, and start walking. BUT, I am so sad to see my baby look more like a little boy a less like my baby. I suppose there is nothing I can do about that, so I will just focus on the exciting new things he is doing. His personality is really starting to show. He is very social and loves people. He is quite the flirt. I love it because when he sees someone new, he hides his face in my shoulder and looks up with them slowly with one eye. Its really precious! He can say lots of words. He says: sock, book, ball, and block…. all of those words sound like “gock” but I can understand the difference because I am his mama! He likes to point at things and say “that”. He tells Lexie to “sit”. She doesn’t usually listen to him… or anyone else for that matter. He loves to clap for himself and others. He also likes to clap to interrupt dinner time. He shakes his head “no”. He usually does that right before he gets into something he isn’t supposed to be in. He is very playful and love for me to build a block tower for him to knock down. I normally can’t even get more than 3 or 4 blocks up before he knocks them down and starts laughing.
People (mostly our parents) tell us all the time what a good baby he is and how happy he is. The truth is, we don’t know anything different. He is really happy and really sweet. He doesn’t really cry without having a legitimate reason. If he does, he can easily be distracted to focus on something else. He eats well and sleeps great! We take him out to dinner with us all the time and he does great. As long as we have food for him and don’t keep him out past 8 or 9 he is happy.
Elliot still comes to work with me. That is going well. I love having him with me all day. some days are more productive than others and sometimes I end up taking work home with me. But, I am somehow able to get everything done. Starting next month, Elliot will spend Fridays with my mom. They will have a lot of fun and I will have a chance to work uninterrupted. I think we are all excited about it.
Brian and I feel so blessed to be Elliot’s parents! He is truly the love of our lives. I have loved watching Brian be a great dad to Elliot. I try to savor all the snuggles I have with my baby but I am so excited to see the little boy he will grow in to. Tomorrow will be a regular Wednesday for us. Brian will go to work and Elliot and I will go to my office. Next year I hope to start a fun birthday tradition, but this year we will settle for cupcakes and a bottle for breakfast and a regular day at the office. I will try to get around to posting all of his monthly pics and pics from his birthday party next week! Until then...
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| First pic of our new family! |
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| 1 year ago! |
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| My BIG baby! |
